OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22466

usurer

/ˈjuːʒəɹə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
usurera • usurero
A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
"You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."
Profitless usurer, why dost thou use So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?
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